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Stourport Basins regeneration

DEMOLITION of old buildings around Stourport Basins on the junction with the Staffs & Worcs Canal with the Severn is the beginning of their regeneration.

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Published: 23 June 2014

Richard at Leicester

THIS time Richard Parry, Chief Executive of Canal & River Trust is answering questions at a lively Open Meeting at Leicester, which will be the last in the series.

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Published: 23 June 2014

End of the honeymoon?

I WOULD suggest the honeymoon with Richard Parry is coming to an end writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 23 June 2014

Victor— Will it be honest?

THE latest of a long list of dubious schemes churned out by the old British Waterways, and now the new British Waterways, better known to us all as Canal & River Trust, is to contact a thousand boaters to gather what they think of how the waterways are being run.

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Published: 22 June 2014

Comment—Not true

I HAVE been only too pleased to publish the questions and answers at the 'Meet the Boaters' sessions held by Richard Parry, Chief Executive of the Canal & River Trust, even attending one, though some boaters believe they are little more than an exercise in PR.

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Published: 22 June 2014

CaRT—third most complaints

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) is the third most complained about charity in the country, according to the Charity Commission, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 21 June 2014

Swan used as target practice

A SWAN has been used as target practice at the St. Helen's Canal at Widnes, and was found with two crossbow bolts in its head and neck and many air rifle pellet wounds.

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Published: 21 June 2014

Vikings at Stoke Bruerne

THE Vikings, in rampaging mood, arrived at  Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal over last week-end, together with other activities making up a Family Festival.

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Published: 20 June 2014

Discovery Day for Grantham Canal

THE Grantham Canal Society is holding a combined Discovery Day and Planning Meeting as a showcase to inform people of what the society is doing.

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Published: 20 June 2014

Synchronicity

ACCORDING Wikipedia, 'synchronicity' is the experience of one or more events as meaningfully related, where they are unlikely to be causally related, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 20 June 2014

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